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Funding awarded for research aiming to improve assistive technologies for disabled people

School of Health and Society

Funding of £950,000 has been awarded to a new project which aims to improve the quality of devices used to help disabled people, commonly known as assistive technologies (AT).

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Sickness and unvaccinated staff

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

Last week Ikea and Next announced they are to cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff. Here Dr Jonathan Lord discusses the ramifications of such a move.

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Professor comments on STEM in leading Education Publication

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Professor Andy Miah, Chair in Science Communications and Future Media at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× has had an opinion piece discussing STEM subjects published in leading education title THE.

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Transatlantic triumph: º£½ÇÂÒÂ× meets Tennessee for musical magic

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

In a first of its kind, a Trans-Atlantic session which teamed up the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× and Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), has been streamed to music fans.

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Students share their experiences of working at ‘largest research and training counselling centre in the UK’

School of Health and Society

A specialist counselling service helping support victims of domestic abuse in the local community is believed to be the largest of its kind in the UK.

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Islamic party store started by student

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

A student has established her own online business specialising in Islamic festive decor.

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What does the future hold for Amazon?

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

Gordon Fletcher lifts the lid on what the global business giant Amazon is planning next. After 20 years of trading, Amazon is now regarded as the ultimate e-commerce success story. The path to success has been difficult, controversial and dramatic...

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× PhD candidate explores food habits amongst Saudi youths as part of public health research

School of Health and Society

A PhD candidate in the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×’s School of Health and Society is conducting research in Saudi Arabia regarding young people’s nutritional attitudes and knowledge of dietary guidelines, with hopes to improve global public health.

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Digital Curation Lab Director wins Malta’s 2021 national book prize

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

º£½ÇÂÒÂ×’s Digital Curation Lab Director has been awarded Malta’s 2021 National Book Prize, for a literary non-fiction book he co-wrote with EU Literature Prize Winner.

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× graduate launches digital marketing agency

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

A º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School graduate, Andy Lochtie, has launched a full-service digital marketing agency and already has several clients and his first full-time employee.

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